What the records say
- When
- 23 Nov 1849
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 42.36° N, 71.06° W
- Description
- 1849 murder case
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Parkman–Webster murder case
1849 murder case
After Boston businessman George Parkman disappeared in November 1849, his dismembered and partially burned body was found in the laboratory of John Webster, a lecturer at Harvard Medical College; Webster was convicted of Parkman's murder and hanged.
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